12 August 2003

Fox News Channel Claims They Own "Fair and Balanced" Phrase

Al Franken must be overjoyed that Fox News Channel has decided to pursue a trademark infringement lawsuit against him for the selected title of his soon to be released book Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right. What a godsend in the form of free publicity promoting sales for the book. Fox News also takes a few shots at the notorious satirist, who also wrote Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot.
In its fair and balanced way, Fox News refers in its suit to Franken as an "unstable" and "shrill" "C-level commentator" who is "not a well-respected voice in American politics."

Thanks, FNC, for reminding me about Franken's new book. I'll be sure to purchase a copy now.

It is a theater of absurdity for an entity to claim ownership on collections of words. Now if somebody attempted to financially profit by fraudulently adopting the identity of a another entity, that would be an entirely different matter. But this fiasco has all the earmarks of a supersized celebrity ego who got filleted by Mr. Franken on a national television program and was unable to hit the mute button like he can on his own blowhard show. What a joke!.

Oh, I think I have to go now and register Republican hypocrisy and moral values as a AZplace trademark...

Comments

rush and O Rielly are all in the same class. They distgort litle articles they pick up from the Printed press and blabed it all over and never have solution for any problem//what ever have they done any good for this country. I know ORielly talks a bout his service record..what record.? How many of the enemy ever took a shot at him .